Some Emailers Simply Don’t Care…

I thought I would share with you an email I received from a site visitor in regard to my Email Etiquette Quiz:

Site Visitor: “In your Netiquette Quiz; QUESTION: 9 in regard to how quickly I should respond to emails you say the correct answer was A: ‘As soon as I can; no longer than 24-48 hours — to not reply promptly gives the perception you don’t care.’

This is the wrong answer!! The proper answer is c. ‘I don’t have to reply’ at all. I WANT the person to perceive that I don’t care! (Name Withheld)”

Wow! I can’t imagine he feels that way about every email, but none-the-less he felt the need to send me the above comment trying to correct me.

Email Etiquette is a set of guidelines for folks to use so that they are perceived as someone who is a pleasure to communicate with. One can ignore every single bit of information on the topic if they so choose.

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